Prepare to unleash the absolute latest in modern weapons technology against the world's most powerful Generals in Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour. In the next era of military strategy and might, you'll need to command a more technologically advanced arsenal to defeat new, more powerful enemies.

This game was the one that I grew up with. Laser tanks, Overlords, King Raptors and Toxin Tractors were just some of my childhood toys.
I couldn't resist giving this a 10/10, even though it has various bugs, memory leaks, etc. to this day it is still my favourite RTS, and I would give it an 11 if I could.

Oh and you mod developers? Let's just say us players owe you guys an awful lot for keeping this amazing piece of work alive even today.